diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 94c140a7b..3d901868f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-03-12  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* glib/GType.cs: add an Init method for explicit initialization.
+
 2008-03-04  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* bootstrap-2.12: update version to 2.12 and tag
diff --git a/glib/GType.cs b/glib/GType.cs
index bc7b491c7..36e505987 100755
--- a/glib/GType.cs
+++ b/glib/GType.cs
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ namespace GLib {
 			return LookupType (gtype.Val);
 		}
 
+		public static void Init ()
+		{
+			// cctor already calls g_type_init.
+		}
+
 		public static Type LookupType (IntPtr typeid)
 		{
 			if (types.Contains (typeid))